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Thresh Quotes

301 voice lines from League of Legends, 35 of them in Thresh's own voice. Two skins come with a voice of their own: Dark Star, Spirit Blossom.

Pick

"What delightful agony we shall inflict."

Ban

"It's over when I say."

Thresh's interactions conversation pages with both sides

Champion Select

Pick

  • "What delightful agony we shall inflict."

Ban

  • "It's over when I say."

Movement

Moving

  • "Torment comes in so many flavors."
  • "What is the worth of a soul?"
  • "Ah, the sweet tones of misery."
  • "I am the thing under the bed."
  • "Relax, just... let go."
  • "Oh, the eternity we shall spend together."
  • "Hmm, whose mind shall we snap?"
  • "Me, mad? Haha... quite likely."
  • "Poor lost souls."
  • "Flesh is a prison."

Taunt

  • "Ever seen your soul? Would you like to?" *slurps*
  • "You're falling apart. What to do with the pieces?"

Joke

  • "Screaming won't do you any good, but it's music to my ears."
  • "There is life. There is death. And then there is me."

Attack

Attacking

  • "Lock 'em up."
  • "Death? No... nothing that simple."
  • "Nobody escapes."
  • "It's over when I say."
  • "Wretched mongrels get the leash."
  • "Come out and play."
  • "Writhe, like a worm on a hook."
  • "No one can save them."
  • "Any last words?"
  • "Oh, yes! It's about to get much worse."

Ability Casting

Using Flay

  • "Round we go!"
  • "This way!"

Using The Box

  • "My house, my rules."
  • "Nowhere to hide."
  • "I own you."
  • "Closing in..."

Kills and Objectives

Killing a Champion

  • "Come back."
  • "Hook, line, and sinker!"
  • "Going somewhere?"

Skin voices

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Dark Star 135 lines

See this skin in 3D: Dark Star Thresh

Movement › First Move

  • "No weapon in any reality can harm us."
  • "Stars cold of life. Silent in the darkness."
  • "I will guide them beyond the brink of infinity."

Movement › First Move › First Move with an Ally Dark Star

  • "Serve well, and you shall die well."
  • "Go forth, and destroy."
  • "Together, we shall watch the last star die."
  • "Enough death and darkness... even for you."
  • "Come to me, my herald."
  • "What better revenge than complete annihilation?"

Movement › Moving

  • "Let's see how dark it can really get."
  • "A star can scream. Isn't that strange?"
  • "We shall suck the marrow from their stars."
  • "Even the universe will grind to a halt."
  • "Cosmic extinction... how lovely."
  • "The cry of a dying star... nothing's sweeter."
  • "We will consume this world."
  • "A sinister star indeed."
  • "Ours is a kingdom of darkness."
  • "The stars are no longer infinite."
  • "I will chain the very heavens and drag them down."
  • "The nothingness accepts all."
  • "All things are eventually extinguished."
  • "Great works, broken and destroyed."
  • "I envy those who journey into the nothingness."
  • "Infinity, rapture, I am their harbinger."
  • "Not even gods dare look within."
  • "Oh, how I long for the final kiss of annihilation."
  • "We sup upon the living galaxies themselves."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Aurelion Sol

  • "Have you ever seen a thousand stars alight in a shared dawn? We have, just before we snuffed them out."
  • "Join your precious stars in oblivion."
  • "Not even a star can escape our grip."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Bard

  • "Just try to take it, sackman!"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Diana

  • "Suns, moons? We have devoured both."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Ekko

  • "Time is but a cog in a dying machine."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Leona

  • "Suns, moons? We have devoured both."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Lucian Both sides

  • "What is one life... among billions?"
  • "Join her, in oblivion."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Lux Both sides

  • "Ahh, the light of Demacia. So sweet."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Nocturne

  • "We will show you true darkness."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Taric

  • "How will you protect an entire world... when you cannot even save yourself?"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Astronaut Teemo

  • "You are not prepared for this journey."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Dark Star Varus

  • "Your betrayal will not save them!"
  • "Your betrayal will not save them."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Zilean

  • "How do you intend to stop entropy incarnate?"
  • "Time... is but a cog in a dying machine."

First Encounter › First Encounter with a Void Champion

  • "We have looked into the Void... and consumed it."
  • "Pretenders to the throne of annihilation."

Taunt

  • "Do not prolong the inevitable."
  • "Nothing escapes the pull of eternity!"
  • "Beyond the stars... hide horrors far greater than any can imagine."

Joke

  • "Look at you. I think I'll keep you... or not."
  • "Oh, I've always wanted one of these... Oh man."

Attack › Attacking

  • "Stillness, for all eternity."
  • "They struggle. How meaningless."
  • "Brave souls, destroyed and consumed."
  • "Come. Bear witness."
  • "The meaning of life is that it stops."
  • "We will all collapse into one."
  • "Submit to infinity!"
  • "I am the herald of reality's end."
  • "We are the death of hope."
  • "A dark star rises."
  • "Snuff them out."
  • "The galaxy will suffocate in darkness."
  • "We hunger."
  • "Their suffering makes us stronger."
  • "Enter the horizon."
  • "Gaze into the eye of annihilation."
  • "We are shadows cast by darkness."
  • "Do not fear the end. Embrace it."
  • "Another soul to feed the endless hunger."
  • "I will carve my way across the stars."
  • "Eternity beckons."

Attack › Attacking › Attacking the Dragon

  • "We've destroyed our fair share of dragons."
  • "Those wings offer no escape."
  • "Just another stupid beast."

Attack › Attacking › Attacking Baron Nashor

  • "Soul or no, I will feed it to the nothingness."
  • "I've destroyed realities. What threat is this beast?"
  • "A baron, eh? Baron of a dead world."

Ability Casting › Using Death Sentence › Hitting a Champion

  • "Nothing escapes our hunger."
  • "My pull is inexorable."
  • "Join us in death."
  • "We shall hunt you to the ends of creation."
  • "Space is no impediment."
  • "Nowhere left to run."
  • "Distance is an illusion."
  • "Your efforts are meaningless."

Ability Casting › Using Dark Passage

  • "Embrace entropy."
  • "Of your own accord."
  • "Feel my power."
  • "Take a trip to the end of the world."
  • "Join me."

Ability Casting › Using Flay

  • "You are now in my orbit."
  • "The downward spiral."
  • "Become part of something greater: nothingness."
  • "Death is but a dream."

Ability Casting › Using The Box

  • "Welcome to the event horizon."
  • "We are inescapable."
  • "The stars die as we approach."
  • "Dreadful symmetry."
  • "There is nowhere to run. We've destroyed it all."
  • "Their screams sing me to my eternal sleep."
  • "Infinity is confined."

Kills and Objectives › Killing a Champion

  • "If the universe cared, it would stop us."
  • "Not even light can escape us."
  • "They all seem to die with a whimper."
  • "They feed the very engine of their destruction."
  • "I am the vanishing point on all horizons!"

Shopping › Buying an Item

  • "How charming."
  • "Fine craftsmanship, for a dead people."
  • "Oh, such destruction to come!"

Shopping › Buying Aegis of the Legion

  • "Use their defenses against them."
  • "No legion can stand before us."
  • "What's an aegis anyway?"

Shopping › Buying Giant's Belt

  • "Mortal trappings."
  • "Not nearly big enough."
  • "My other belt is made of dead stars."

Shopping › Buying Kindlegem

  • "Useful."
  • "A bauble."
  • "Ah, if it could only kindle hope. Haha!"

Shopping › Buying Locket of the Iron Solari

  • "Not quite my style, but it will have to do."
  • "Hm, they worship suns. Too bad."

Other Gameplay › Placing a Ward

  • "None living shall escape my sight."
  • "Just because you are beneath my notice doesn't mean I can't see you."
  • "Leave nothing to chance."
  • "Hiding will not save you."

Recall

  • "One day, this hunger will be sated."
  • "Much more work to do."
  • "Watch the stars blink out, one by one."

Death

  • "...The embrace of nothingness..."
  • "...Oh, thank you..."
  • Thresh grunts in pain. "Finally..."

Death › Respawn

  • "Only a few more stars, a few more galaxies..."
  • "Time, space, reality... we shall consume all."
  • "Beware... I live."
Spirit Blossom 131 lines

See this skin in 3D: Spirit Blossom Thresh

Movement › First Move

  • "Come, children of hopes and dreams. Let me show you what life cannot."
  • "My collection is my family, and its spirits, my beloved children."
  • "Lost spirits everywhere. I must guide them home."
  • "Tiny twinkles of life, struggling ever so intensely. I will light their path."
  • "Ah... life. So simple, so naive, like a flower yet to bloom."

Movement › Moving

  • "Screams of agony echo my favorite melodies."
  • "What is the worth of a spirit?"
  • "Why must they fear me? I do not bite, I merely collect."
  • "No matter the season, death blossoms."
  • "They think me a god?" Thresh scoffs. "No. Nothing that... simple."
  • "Me, mad?" Thresh laughs dismissively and menacingly. "They have no idea."
  • "To the living, I am a demon. To the dead, I am a savior."
  • "Blessed are those who need my guidance."
  • "Poor lost souls. I must save them all from themselves."
  • "To live is to suffer. To survive, is to find beauty in the suffering."
  • "Life is pain, I am sweet release."
  • "I am not the end. I am the final awakening."
  • "I herald the greatest blessing."
  • "Life is a prison."
  • "I do not discriminate. All must find comfort inside my lantern."
  • "No need to rush! Death will bless us all!"
  • "My magic is older than life."
  • "In death, we become family."
  • "Death, what a pretty word."
  • "Spirits, alone and forsaken. I grant them all purpose."
  • "Every spirit is useful. That is why I must collect them all."
  • "'Torment' is such a harsh word. I prefer 'nurture.'"
  • "Cruelty is a gift I learn from the living."
  • "Nothing more beautiful than death."

Movement › Long Move

  • "Poor lost spirits beckoning to bloom. I've been waiting for you."
  • "Do not fear me. I am but a servant of the natural order that guides us all."
  • "Do not worry, my dear spirits, you will all be safe in my collection."
  • "In life, you are heroes and villains. In death, you are all my children."
  • "My children, my collection, blossom with potential."
  • "No one understands the intricacies of my collection, and that is why I must never stop!"
  • "I am friends with all spirits, until they decide to question me."
  • "The living say, 'Look death in the eye'." Thresh chuckles. "I do love an intimate connection."
  • "Those privy to my secrets?" Thresh chuckles. "They are safe with me now."
  • "The dead passing to spirits. The spirits passing to my collection. That is how it must be."
  • "That little fox and I once guided spirits together, but now, I must save them from her errant ways."
  • "Without me, the dead would be lost. I am what drives them to greatness."

First Encounter › First Encounter with any Champion

  • "Deny me your spirit. I do enjoy a good chase."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Ahri Both sides

  • "You think yourself clever. But once a little fox, always a little fox."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Cassiopeia

  • "Cassiopeia, you treat the spirits with tender-loving cruelty." Thresh chuckles. "That, I admire."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Kindred

  • "Wolf, why do you let this... girl keep you on a leash? I pity you."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Lillia

  • "They took your home, Lillia, do not forget this loss. Let it course through you."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Lucian Both sides

  • "Lucian, that name. Perhaps we met in another life. Perhaps... you failed to catch my attention."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Riven

  • "Riven, a spirit betrayed by her own kind. That is a tragedy I adore."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Senna Both sides

  • "Senna, my dear girl. I do hope you enjoyed your taste of freedom, but now, you must come home."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Teemo

  • "Why, why do you exist? You... stupid... raccoon dog!"

First Encounter › First Encounter with Thresh

  • "You, Chain Warden, you have potential beyond your own understanding."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Vayne

  • "Hunting demons only to become one yourself? Vayne —" Thresh chuckles. "I will make you precious."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Yasuo

  • "Yasuo, the heroic warlord I've been hearing all about. I must say, I'm disappointed."

First Encounter › First Encounter with Spirit Blossom Yone

  • "Yone, the eldest son overshadowed by his younger brother. How could you possibly rest in peace?"

Taunt

  • "Your spirit seems lacking in, uh... anything of value."
  • "Many spirits have potential, but yours... yours will simply fade."
  • "A life not worth savoring. A death not worth remembering."

Taunt › Taunt Response

  • "Taunt me again. I do love hearing you mask your insecurities."

Joke

  • "My little pet. Dinner."
  • "Who's a good demon lantern?" Thresh giggles. "You are."
  • "Don't spoil your dinner now."

Joke › Joke Response

  • "Oh dear. Your wit faded long ago."

Attack › Attacking

  • "You belong to me!"
  • "For my collection!"
  • "You are lost. Allow me!"
  • "I will grant you purpose."
  • "No need to struggle."
  • "Freedom awaits!"
  • "Wretched spirits get the leash!"
  • "Die and rejoice!"
  • "The end begins!"
  • "Let it all go."
  • "Enjoy."
  • "Join your siblings!"
  • "Naughty little one!"
  • "Such potential!"
  • "Oh, yes, challenge me!"
  • "A wandering soul."
  • "No more games!"
  • "I've been waiting for you."
  • "You are chosen."
  • "Another lost soul."
  • "I've been waiting!"
  • "Play with me."

Ability Casting › Using Death Sentence

  • "Wrong way!"
  • "Are you lost?"
  • "Where are you off to?"
  • "Come hither!"

Ability Casting › Using Dark Passage

  • "Breathe, my children."
  • "Light their path!"
  • "Kindle their spirits!"
  • "Go."
  • "It doesn't bite!"

Ability Casting › Using Flay

  • "Oh no."
  • "You know better!"
  • "Uh-uh-uhh."
  • "I don't think so."
  • "No you don't!"

Ability Casting › Using The Box

  • "You are mine!"
  • "This is freedom!"
  • "Welcome home!"

Kills and Objectives › Killing a Champion

  • "Hush, now. You are home."
  • "Rest. I will take good care... of you."
  • "Welcome to my family."
  • "Call me father if you wish."
  • "And now, you have purpose."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Ahri Both sides

  • "Bye-bye, little fox. Your children rest with me now."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Cassiopeia

  • "Rest now, Cassiopeia. I will take good care of your collected spirits."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Kindred

  • "Enjoy your freedom, little wolf."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Lillia

  • "Dreams of hope? No! I am afraid I cannot allow that, Lillia."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Lucian Both sides

  • "Lucian, Lucian, Lucian... no, still doesn't ring a bell."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Riven

  • "Riven." Thresh chuckles. "Severed... Broken."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Senna Both sides

  • "Welcome home, my dear Senna."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Teemo

  • "That was no spirit, no demon. That... was an abomination!"

Kills and Objectives › Killing Thresh

  • "Almost felt like I lost a piece of myself."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Vayne

  • "Look what you've become. You are my favorite child, my favorite Vayne!"

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Yasuo

  • "So whiny, so angry! Typical of the second son."

Kills and Objectives › Killing Spirit Blossom Yone

  • "Worry not, Yone. Your little brother is safe with me, too."

Kills and Objectives › Scoring a Pentakill

  • "Five spirits, a completed collection."

Other Gameplay › Changing forms

  • "A father must always look his best."
  • "Glowing, upward."
  • "A better look, for better times."
  • "Ahhhh, that's better."

Recall

  • "Dry your eyes. I won't be gone for long."
  • "Don't run off too far now. I'll only be a moment."
  • "Don't you know? Absence makes the heart grow fonder."

Death

  • "No light... only... joy..."
  • "The sweet... embrace..."

Death › Respawn

  • "Death is inevitable."
  • "Ah, the beautiful pangs of resurrection."
  • "I hope my children didn't miss me too much."

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Every line here is quoted as the League of Legends Wiki transcribes it. Voice lines belong to Riot Games. Sound effects and the wiki's trivia notes are left out. Quote text is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, from the League of Legends Wiki's revision 3931784 (July 17, 2025).